It’s always fascinating to see how amazing special effects are created for movies – seeing all the incredible behind-the-scenes work that goes into the magic that ends up on the big screen.

This video is a fine example – and right at the center of it, controlling all of it, is an iPad.

Fxguide’s Mike Seymour details the how the upcoming blockbuster, Noah, was able to control the mechanics of a giant custom rain machine in a studio that size of two football fields with the use of a single iPad app.

Also another fine example of how the iPad just can’t handle ‘real work’. I mean, movies aren’t big business right?